Download Unit 1 Week 2 Day 2

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Why should we care about people we don’t know?
How does a mayor show concern for the people
in his or her community?
Discuss times when you or your family
benefited from another’s bounty.
How do you interpret the phrase “being a good
neighbor”?
5 minutes
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Participation:
Describe the mayor’s participation in “Both Sides
of the Fence”. How did his participation help
solve the conflict?
Diversification:
means to make diverse; give variety to; vary
How can you bring diversification to your daily
life?
What is the opposite of diversification?
How does diversification benefit you?
10 minutes
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Turn to page 55 in your book. You’ll be reading Saving
the Past.
As you read, think about participation and
diversification in relation to old buildings and those
who work to preserve them.
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Word Analysis
Shades of Meaning
Delicate
Fragile
Flimsy
Feeble
Broken
Brainstorm synonyms for the words:
persuade, survive, incident, discuss, uneven
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Symbolism
What does this represent?
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What words come to mind?
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How about this symbol?
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Reread page 55 – look for a character, object, or idea
that stands for, or symbolizes something else.
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Realistic Fiction includes characters that think and act as real
people do. The main character in this story is Mother Fletcher.
As you read, you will learn more about her from her interactions
with other characters.
Look at the illustrations on pages 56-57. Make a prediction
about Mother Fletcher.
Read and Comprehend
Greek and Latin Roots
This building is so old that it doesn’t even
have telephone wires in the walls.
The Greek root phone means “sound” and the
prefix tele means “over a long distance”.
Most people subscribe to the idea that
we should save these buildings. What
parts do you see in subscribe that can
help you determine the meaning?
Read and Comprehend
Read page 55 with me. Use expression as you
read and try to read at the same speed I do.
What are some things neighbors do to help and
support each other?
In what ways do people in a neighborhood
celebrate together?
How are people in a neighborhood similar? How
are they different?
15 minutes
Read and Comprehend
Set a purpose for reading Mother Fletcher’s Gift.
Turn to your partner and discuss the purpose you
have chosen.
Predict:
Look at the title and illustrations.
What do you think the story will be about?
5 minutes
Read and Comprehend
Read pages 58-63.
As you read, look for details that tell you about the
characters.
When you finish, go back and look for details that
describe the setting and plot.
20 minutes
Read and Comprehend
Inferring:
Reread paragraph 1 on page 63. Make an inference about
O’Brien.
What does Officer O’Brien do after he receives his sweater?
What does he NOT do after his wife receives a sweater?
Why does Officer O’Brien decide not to tell Mother Fletcher that
he has a daughter?
What inference can you make about Officer O’Brien?
10 minutes
Language Arts
Research and Inquiry
You’ll be using Google.com. Type in the words
police and emergency. Look at the descriptions of
the websites to choose the best site.
Take notes from the internet.
Be sure to copy the web addresses, authors and
dates the websites were updated.
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Mother Fletcher sat upright in the whitesheeted bed.
What is the subject of this sentence?
What is the predicate?
What are the subjects and predicates of these
sentences?
Johanna and Abby are taking the early bus.
The bus is an express.
They will arrive just in time for dinner.
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damage
gentle
injury
palace
cottage
honesty
mustard
legend
clumsy
message
modify
ruffle
glimpse
strict
dungeon
fender
fantastic
dignity
property
cannon
Find the short vowel
sounds in each
spelling word.
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Thank you letter
Mother Fletcher’s Gift is the story of friendship
between people who might not ordinarily be
connected. You will think of two characters in
the story who learned or received something
from each other, and have one write a thank
you letter to the other.
List the different kinds of gifts Officer O’Brien and Mother
Fletcher gave and received.
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